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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: epicure who wrote (8848)1/12/2006 12:43:40 PM
From: Dale Baker  Read Replies (1) of 541824
 
I just used that as an example of how delicately the system works when the usual checks and balances (I had to add that for gratuitous effect) are loosened.

Now let's imagine they are removed completely. Hmmmm. Yep, the end result isn't hard to figure out.

Security at the expense of living with an unaccountable secret police is the security of a cage.
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